I’ve never been a Royalist, but I’m not an abolitionist either. I hope we can compromise with modernisation.
King Charles is a complicated figure, sitting atop an absurd family—but what family isn’t a bit weird?
One thing I’ve always liked about him is that he has a sense of humour.
He loved the Goon Show and was great friends with Spike Milligan. In 1994, Milligan received a British Comedy Award and also some high praise from Prince Charles. To which he responded thusly:
Ceremonial Critters
In 2018, I conjured some Animals of the Royal Wedding, for American Bystander.
It’s my understanding that they will be present at the coronation too:
Gold Rush
While we’re on the Royal subject, here’s Queen Victoria, presiding over British Columbia (from the April issue of the Literary Review of Canada).